"john smith" wrote in message ...
Which is exactly what killed McDonald/Douglas.

Matt Whiting wrote:
Likewise. It is unfortunate that Boeing has suffered under some pretty poor management for the last decade or two.
If they'd have spent as much time on airplane design and marketing as they did trying to get the government to bail
them out against Airbus, I think they'd be much more competitive now.

The MD 11 killed MD...